Thesis Qualification Exam. of 2nd Semester 2013 (Included language examination for foreign students)

□ Requirement

= Major

Students who have registered at least 2 semesters( Combined Master/Doctoral : 5 semester) and taken at least 9 credits( Combined Master/Doctoral : 36 credits).

Student ID# former 2010 ~ (Master, Doctoral)

= Major : A written major exam will be held as before.

= Date of submission to application : Sep.5(Thu.) ~ 11(Wed.)

= Date of major exam : Sep.27(Fri.) , Mok-am Hall, 1 p.m. ~ 3 p.m

Student ID# 2011 ~ (Master, Doctoral)

= There are no major exam for the graduation requirement.

= As a new “Thesis Qualifying Exams” rule, the students will be evaluated with Grade of Common Core courses and report of research plan.

= Date of submission to application : Sep.5(Thu.) ~ 11(Wed.)

= Date of submission to Required documents : Sep.27(Fri.)

1. Thesis submission qualifying examination Grades Calculation (From 2)

2. Report for the research plan

3. a grade transcript

※ The students should submit the documents included evaluation of research plan by Sep.27(Fri.)

Student ID# 2009 ~ (Former Combined Master/Doctoral)

= As a new “Thesis Qualifying Exams” rule, the students will be evaluated with Grade of Common Core courses and report of research plan.

= Date of submission to application : Sep.5(Thu.) ~ 11(Wed.)

= Date of submission to Required documents : Sep.27(Fri.)

1. Thesis submission qualifying examination Grades Calculation (From 2)

2. Report for the research plan

3. a grade transcript

※ The students should submit the documents included evaluation of research plan by Sep.27(Fri.)

※ The students should submit the application before the students enter for “Thesis Qualifying Exams”

□ Application

= Date of submission for application : 10:00 ~ 17:00 September 5(Thu) ~ 11(Wed),

= Place of submission : department office in biological sciences , Ms. Jeon Ji-In

= Required document : Application(FORM1), two 3*4 photo

= Announcement of Admitted Applicants : 2013. 10. 8(Tue)16:00

If you can’t read in Korean application, please come by department, we would like to help you out to fill it out.

※ The foreign language examination for foreign students※

Regulations pertaining to the foreign language examinations for foreign students are listed below.

1. Students from a college that requires only 1 foreign language (including English) should choose one language among English (may be substituted with TEPS or TOEFL), Korean, or a second foreign language (except his or her mother language). However, when the college has set Korean as a required subject, students must choose Korean. If a student’s mother language is English (either as a common official language or an official language), he or she must choose either Korean or one of his/her second foreign languages.

Required score for graduation

* TEPS

Student ID# 2008~ : more than 551 points

Student ID# 2001~ : more than 550 points

Student ID# former 2000~: more than 501 points

(Note: WCU: Brain and Cognitive Science – more than 664 points)

* TOEFL(CBT/IBT)

Student ID# 2008~ : more than 210/77 points

Student ID# 2001~ : more than 210/77 points

Student ID# former 2000~: more than 193/69 points

(Note: WCU: Brain and Cognitive Science – more than 233/90 points)

=> Korean language examination for foreign students <=

① The Korean language examination for foreign students is conducted in Sep.27(Fri.). It is supervised by the Office of Academic Affairs.

② The Korean language examination lasts for 60min.

③ When a student receives a grade of "C- or higher" or "S" for a Korean course taken as a substitute for a comprehensive examination during the regular semester or during the sessions that are held during summer/winter vacations (Korean and Korean culture 1,2), the Korean examination may be exempted but the grade does not count as part of the completion credit.

If the students want to apply for The foreign language examination, please check the in the application.[Form1]

= Date of exam : 09:30 ~ 10:30 September 27(Fri.), 2013

= Place : Rm. 205, Bldg.501

If you have any more questions and helps, please feel free to contact me(Se-eun Son, babycity@snu.ac.kr)

Thank you.